Between Thee & Me Bridges Divides Through Art
ListenKansas City, Mo. – Over the centuries, art and religion...have grown apart. As a Huffington Post writer puts it: "The art world suffers from a secular hangover." But, in recent years, artists are...
View ArticleVisual Wordplay In 'At Wit's End'
Finding meaning in contemporary art often depends more on the viewer than on the artist. What you make of the work is up to you. But what words to use?
View ArticleA Topeka program pays cash to new residents. Now it’s focusing on Latino...
Interest in Choose Topeka’s relocation incentive has spiked among first-generation Latino immigrants. Program officials say the city's established Spanish-speaking community is a big reason why.
View ArticleKansas City can finally go down The Rabbit Hole at a new museum for...
The new museum in North Kansas City’s Iron District is dedicated to immersing kids and their parents in the world of children’s literature. Co-founders Deb Pettid and Pete Cowdin have spent the last...
View ArticleKansas City's novel new museum for children's literature
The Rabbit Hole, a new museum in North Kansas City, is set to open next week. The museum hopes to immerse kids and parents in the world of children's literature. Plus: The indie rocker from Lawrence,...
View ArticleKansas bill requests $40 million for homeless shelters, requires enforcement...
The bill is supported by Sedgwick County and the city of Wichita, but a local advocacy group focused on ending homelessness is concerned about the language around enforcing ordinances about camping and...
View ArticleThese Black women in Kansas City are working to change the narratives around...
Black women have some of the highest new HIV infection rates in Kansas City and nationally. Many of them face discrimination, stigmas and systemic barriers in receiving the health care they need to...
View ArticleHow Prairie Village's zoning fight ended up in the Kansas Legislature
In the wake of last year's contentious fight over zoning laws in Prairie Village, new bills in the Kansas Legislature would threaten local control over rezoning and limit cities' ability to stop...
View ArticleA warm winter and lingering drought could set up a tough growing season in...
A dry winter, El Niño and the warmest winter temperatures on record are contributing to ongoing dry conditions across the Midwest.
View ArticleThis farmer's livelihood was ruined by PFAS-contaminated fertilizer that few...
Biosolids — a type of treated sewage byproduct from wastewater treatment plants — are used as a nutrient-rich fertilizer on farms across the Midwest. But a group of toxic “forever chemicals” are...
View ArticleKansas City's Independence Avenue Bridge, a 'truck-eating' legend, is...
A new warning system may have forced a diet on Northeast Kansas City's most infamous bridge, but it hasn't stopped Thomas Gieseke's imagination from transforming the structure into a thing of whimsy...
View ArticleKansas City man accused of starting Super Bowl rally shooting to remain in...
Lyndell Mays, 23, is being held on $1 million bond. He was shot nine times during the February 14 shooting near Union Station, including once in the face, and is in constant pain, his attorney said.
View ArticleKansas City immigrants struggle to access health care
Kansas City has an immigrant population of over 130,000 people that is growing every year, adding to the area's labor force and tax base. Still, a high percentage of immigrant residents can't get the...
View ArticleBlack women sue Missouri to end state control of Kansas City Police
A new federal lawsuit argues that the Missouri law cementing state governance of KCPD was created “to keep Black people enslaved.” One of the women is Narene Crosby, whose son Ryan Stokes was killed by...
View ArticleSome Missouri Republicans want to ease up on Ukraine aid
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley and other Missouri politicians have been especially vocal opponents to the United States financially backing Ukraine in its war against Russia. Plus: Woodman Elementary school in...
View Article3 Kansas City men face federal gun charges connected to Chiefs parade mass...
In an unusually fast response from federal authorities, the men were not charged with shooting the weapons, but rather with trafficking, illegal sales and lying to federal agents. One of the weapons...
View ArticleMayor Quinton Lucas says he'll vote to extend stadium sales tax
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas expects to vote 'yes' when he weighs in on Jackson County's 3/8th-cent sales tax extension April 2. But, with many unanswered questions about how the Royals downtown...
View ArticleThis family was injured at Kansas City's Super Bowl parade. A month later,...
In the first of our series “The Injured,” a Kansas family remembers Valentine’s Day as the beginning of panic attacks, life-altering trauma, and waking to nightmares of gunfire. Thrown into the...
View ArticleThousands of Missourians could have criminal records sealed under Clean Slate...
The Clean Slate campaign is backing four Missouri bills, which all provide for a more automated expungement process for low-level offenses.
View ArticleBaseball-sized 'gorilla hail' hit Kansas and Missouri during severe storms....
Severe thunderstorms Wednesday evening produced huge chunks of hail in parts of Missouri and Kansas. "Gorilla hail" can create lots of damage and even has the potential to be fatal.
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